In the aftermath of the recent violence in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, the death toll has risen to six, with the latest victim being a Muslim man named Mohammad Israr. Israr, a 54-year-old resident of Ghafoor Basti, Ward number 24, Kidwai Nagar, succumbed to bullet injuries on Tuesday. He was shot in the head on February 8 while searching for his two sons amid the prevailing violence in the Banbhoolpura area.

The Indian National Congress has put forth its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, as announced by AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal. The list of nominees includes prominent leaders from various states.

Developmental economist Madhura Swaminathan on Tuesday said that India’s farmers cannot be treated as criminals, referring to the Haryana government’s handling of the farmers’ protest.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab continued to stay put at the two borders of the state and Haryana on Wednesday while security personnel fired some tear gas shells on the protesters at the Shambhu border near Ambala.

A court in Maharashtra's Thane district on Wednesday remanded BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad, arrested for allegedly opening fire on a local Shiv Sena leader inside a police station, to judicial custody for 14 days.

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has urged theatre groups of the state to reject a proposal from the National School of Drama (NSD) to perform a short play praising the BJP government.

The BJP on Wednesday fielded its president J P Nadda for Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan from his home state.

A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its MLA as the INDIA alliance nominee for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat, the Congress on Wednesday said a final decision on the candidate will be taken after the opposition bloc's meeting in Delhi.